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Kakkuro is excited to announce our new integration and connection with Zapier, which lets us connect you with over 750 of the most commonly used business applications. Salesforce, Quickbooks, MySQL, Infusionsoft, Wunderlist, Smartsheets, Strip, Xero and Hubspot are just some of the common apps that Kakkuro Suite now links with — not to forget our existing integration with GoogleDrive, Microsoft Office and Dropbox.

Starting a business can be daunting, but it only takes a few steps to get ahead of the game and on the right track towards success. Here are eight essentials every startup needs in our competitive business environment.

1. Research your market

You might have an idea for something amazing in your head, but that doesn’t guarantee people will buy it. Without full knowledge of your market, you can’t detect or understand what your potential customers actually want or need. Proper and extensive market research is necessary, and the first step towards understanding whether your idea can become a reality. Start by finding out what other products already exist and come up with a way to make your product different.

The Problem

8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. Only 4% of the 28 million companies in the US ever reach more than $1MM in revenue. Of those firms, only 1 out of 10 (0.4% of all companies) ever make it to $10MM in revenue. Only 17,000 companies make it to $50MM. The primary reason that entrepreneurs fail is because they don’t have real-time metrics and dashboards to navigate through their entrepreneurial journey. Since entrepreneurs are flying blind, just like a plane without instrumentation in the cockpit, the businesses crash and burn.